PACE-UP is a 3-arm randomised controlled trial (RCT) aiming to increase walking in 45 75 year old inactive primary care patients through the use of pedometers, with and without additional support from a practice nurse.
Trial participants or clusters of participants in an inactive 'usual care' control group might also be considered blinded if they do not know that they are part of a trial.
The telephone support may be compared to inactive (eg, standard care, waiting list control) and/or active controls (eg, pharmacological and/or psychological) whereby telephone is not the predominant method of intervention delivery (eg, individual, group or internet).
If your child is inactive and won't care no matter what, be careful how you approach them so they don't become angry or spiteful about what you are asking them to do.
The Brief Physical Activity Assessment Tool (BPAAT) and the General Practice Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPPAQ) are valid and reliable assessment tools to identify "inactive" patients in primary care.
As other studies have shown, participants in acute stroke care are inactive.
In this paper we examine whether physical activity promotion by medical professionals is feasible and effective as part of their routine care for inactive patients and we discuss an alternative perspective on this role.
Exercise on prescription can increase physical activity and improve some variables of quality of life over two years among physically inactive women recruited through primary care compared with usual care.
At censor, patients were defined as in care, UCI, or inactive.
Supports the provision of BA in primary care for physically inactive people.
